Important documents of the South African Chemical and Biological Weapons Programme (CBW), which were part of the submissions to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission during the public hearings into the CBW Programme in 1998.

These particular documents were made available on the website of the 'International Relations and Security Network' (ISN), and were downloaded in printed in May 2012. They consist of re-typed minutes, correspondence and reports, and are numbered 1-283.

The documents cover the years 1981 to 1994 and are relating to Projects COAST and JOTA, both chemical and biological weapons programmes of South Africa during Apartheid. According to one of the documents, Project Coast was launched in 1982 with the initial aim to establish a chemical and biological warfare capacity for the South African Defence Force. The programme was headed by Wouter Basson. Research activities were mainly conducted at the Roodeplaat Research Laboratories.

Some of the documents included are:

The document issued to all members of the State Security Council lays out the various scenarios, which would develop with a possible release of Nelson Mandela from prison, stipulating advantages, disadvantages and recommendations.

The document lays out the advantages of converting this project into a viable private establishment with industrial capacity.

The document lays out procedures for the destruction of project documents, including sub-project companies' documentation that links them to the SADF and contains signatures and names.

The document lists the people involved in the activities of the CBW programme.

The document provides an overview of CBW in the world, moving further to the purpose and objectives of Project COAST.

This document was incomplete and was issued just weeks before the first democratic elections on the 27 April 1994. It relates to the official closure of the CBW project in 1992.